Logbook behavior when a value is set to the same value

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I have a pet feeder which works by setting its number.feed entity to the amount of portions I want it to drop on the food bowl. However, since usually the amount released is always the same (I’ve created an automation to spread out the daily amount in parts of the day), the graph doesn’t change (expected) and the logbook is… empty.

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Thus, is there a way to force the logbook to log that number.feed was set to 3, when the previous value was also 3, for instance? Or is there a way to manually log that via my already existing automation, at least?

I should stress that setting the entity to the same value works and is enough to trigger the feeder to release the dry food.

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Yes you can add custom entries in the logbook. See https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/logbook/#custom-entries

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Urgh.

I read that page. I mean, until I realized the include/exclude rules wouldn’t apply to my situation, then I closed it up :man_facepalming:

Thanks, @tom_l!